Artist:  Bill Evans  

Birth Name:  William John Evans
Born:  August 16, 1929.  Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Died:  September 15, 1980 (Aged 51).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Piano

Bill Evans was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer who mostly worked in a Trio setting.  He worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell.  In 1958, he joined Miles Davis's sextet, and recorded Kind Of Blue, the best-selling Jazz Album of All Time.  In 1959, he left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.  In 1961, recording the highly acclaimed Sunday At The Village Vanguard and Waltz For Debby.  In 1963, he recorded Conversations With Myself, an innovative solo album.  He has become standards and has been played and recorded by many artists.  He was honored with 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall Of Fame.

Title:  At The Montreux Jazz Festival (Limited Gatefold Edition) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Label:  Elemental Music/Anagram Music/Verve Records

Rating:  ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  One For Helen (4:03)

 2.  A Sleeping Bee (5:43)

 3.  Mother Of Earl (4:50)

 4.  Nards (7:57)

Side Two:

 1.  I Loves You Porgy (5:40)

 2.  The Touch For Your Lips (4:26)

 3.  Embraceable You (6:18)

 4.  Someday My Price Will Come (5:23)

 5.  Wakin' Up (3:17)

Personnel:

Bill Evans:  Piano

Eddie Gomez:  Double Bass

Jack DeJohnatte:  Drums

At The Montreux Jazz Festival is a 1968 album by Bill Evans, originally released in 1986 by Verve, remastered and reissued on May 20, 2022 by Elemental Music/Anagram Music/Verve Records.  1969 Grammy for Best Jazz International Album.  180 Gram Vinyl, Limited Gatefold Edition.

Artist:  Sonny Clark  
Birth Name:  Conrad Yeatis Clark
Born:  July 21, 1931.  Herminie, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  January 13, 1963 (Aged 31).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, West Coast Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Piano

Sonny Clark was an American Jazz Pianist.  He was often requested as a sideman by many musicians including Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Grant Green, Philly Joe Jones, Clifford Jordan, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley and more!.  He also recorded sessions with Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Billie Holiday, Stanley Turrentine and Lee Morgan.